Two documentaries screening in Sundance’s New Climate program — Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman and RISE — shed light on projects to protect land in the U.S. and the lasting effects of colonialism.
Women Directors
In honour of #52filmsbywomen, we've collected all of our reviews of films directed by women and interviews with female directors all in one place.
Sundance: Sarain Fox and Michelle Latimer on their VICE series, RISE, telling Indigenous stories
Host Sarain Fox and Director Michelle Latimer discuss the making of their new VICE TV series, RISE, telling Indigenous stories, and what it means to tell these stories through film — an inherently colonialist medium.
Québecois writer-director Anne Émond talks Nelly
Writer-director Anne Émond discusses her unconventional Nelly Arcand biopic, Nelly, which was selected for Canada’s Top Ten of 2016.
Inuk director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril talks Angry Inuk, seal hunting
Inuk filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril discusses seal hunting and the making of Angry Inuk, which is one of Canada’s Top Ten Films of 2016.
Alexandra Therese-Keining talks Girls Lost and gender performance
Writer-director Alexandra Therese-Keining discusses her sophomore film, Girls Lost, a smart and sensitive exploration of gender, gender performance, identity, femininity, and masculinity.
Is the Sugar lifestyle worth trying? Director Hannah Donegan on her CBC doc Sugar Sisters
What is the difference between being a “Sugar Baby” and a sex worker? Is it a viable way to make an income? Filmmaker Hannah Donegan explores these questions and more in Sugar Sisters, a documentary in which she and her sisters try out life as a Sugar Baby.